Bengaluru, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Neev Literature Festival (NLF) has announced the first-of-its-kind fellowships for children’s book creators (writers and illustrators) to facilitate high-quality, richly detailed children’s books that mirror Indian lives and experiences. Proposals…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) While in his teens, he once accompanied his father, theatre director M.K. Raina to Kashmir, encountering the Bhands — Kashmir’s traditional folk theatre artists who were ‘banned’…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A number of popular misconceptions about the Kashmir policy of Jawaharlal Nehru were corrected on Thursday evening by the distinguished panellists who gathered at the India International Centre here to…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Julius Baer has announced the six winners of the second edition of the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize for Asia, the Group’s second home market. These include Viraag Desai…
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Author and IANS Editor-in-Chief, MD and CEO Sandeep Bamzai’s book on the tumultuous political history of Jammu and Kashmir from 1931 to 1953 was released on Thursday in the presence…
Jaipur, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Many Ambassadors and representatives of G-20 counties will attend the Great Indian Travel Bazaar-12 (GITB-12) in Jaipur later this month, officials said on Wednesday. On April 22, around 70 people, including…
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Democratic Azad Party Chairman and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will release his memoirs “Azaad: An Autobiography” on Wednesday. The book, a chronicle of his journey of 55 years…
Chennai, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) member of the Kalakshetra Foundation and practicing advocate of Madras High Court, B.S. Ajeetha has resigned from the post, following the sexual allegations against some faculty members….
Jammu, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) World famous ‘Basohli’ painting from J&K’s Kathua district has obtained the Geographical Indication (GI) tag following approval by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), an official statement said…
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) She makes it clear that whenever she does ‘Akhtari’, her curated tribute to the revered Begum Akhtar, there is a conscious attempt not to copy her. Singer…
By Sajid Raina Srinagar, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a world where many are forgetting the beauty of their mother tongue, one young content creator is on a mission to revive the Kashmiri language. Muneer Ahmad…
Mumbai, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) American supermodel Gigi Hadid put to rest the controversy surrounding Varun Dhawan lifting her in his arms onto the stage on Day 2 of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC)…
Kochi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Visitors are not allowed into the Bengaluru-based Archana Hande’s installation ‘My Kottige’ – demon temple, put up for display at the Fort Kochi Aspinwall House. The viewers are instead guided into…
By Vikas Datta His verse still figures in familiar poetry: “Ham aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnaam..”, can be found embellishing a popular qawwali like “Jhoom barabar jhoom sharabi”, and is an…
Mumbai, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The who’s who of the arts and entertainment world, both Indian and international, gathered for the grand inauguration of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) at the Jio World Gardens,…
Chennai, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the ongoing controversy over sexual harassment charges filed by students of the Kalakshetra Foundation, Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women Chairperson A.S. Kumari stated that she would present a report…
Mumbai, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s first-of-its-kind, multi-disciplinary cultural space, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, will open in Mumbai on Friday which will showcase the best of India across the fields of music, theatre, fine…
By Probir Gupta ‘Collaboration’s Combine’ is the tittle of a work by American painter Robert Rauschenberg. My first experience and exposure to Vivan Sundaram’s thoroughly researched and deeply rooted art practice was his solo at…
By Vikas Datta Portraying the balding, pot-bellied, mustachioed, and regimen-imposing Bhawani Shankar in a brace of Bollywood laugh riots, or ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar or Kailash Pati in more Hrishikesh Mukherjee films are his masterclass in…
Agartala, March 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Noted poet Chandra Kanta Murasingh (66), who was Sahitya Akademis first ‘Bhasha Samman awardee from the northeast, passed away in Agartala on Monday following a cardiac arrest, family and hospital sources…